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The Moon on Saturday, April 7, 1979: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on April 7, 1979Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 7 April 1979404,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 7, 1979, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
404,834 km251,552 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1979 is on Thursday, April 12, 1979 at 13:15 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 28, 1979 at 03:00 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 4, 197909:57
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 12, 197913:15

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Saturday, April 7, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 1979 to the new moon of April 26, 1979, a cycle of 29.43 days.